Augsburg Confession Variata

Confessio Augustana Variata) is a later version of the Lutheran Augsburg Confession that includes notable differences with regard to holy communion and the presence of Christ in bread and wine.

Philipp Melanchthon made several changes to the original edition of the Augsburg Confession in the years following its 1530 publication.

[1] The most discussed difference between the Variata and the Editio princeps is in the theology of Real Presence, article 10.

John Calvin at Strasbourg and again at the 1541 Conference of Ratisbon, William Farel and Theodore Beza at the 1557 Colloquy of Worms, and Frederick III at the 1561 convent of Princes in Naumburg, among others.

[6][1] Lutheran churches often specify that they agree to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as opposed to the altered version.